MLS expansion announcement could be close
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 25, 2:10 a.m.
The MLS expansion race looks like it is approaching the finish line, and its 20th club will likely be ...
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MLS ranks seventh in survey of top leagues
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 24, 1:42 a.m.
How close is MLS to achieving its goal of being among the world's premier soccer leagues? In a survey of the world's top leagues by monthly magazine World Soccer, MLS ranked seventh.
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EPL is soccer king on ESPN networks
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 23, 6:49 p.m.
The English Premier League remains king when it comes to American soccer viewers interested in watching league competitions. The April 8 broadcast of the EPL's top-of-the-table clash between Manchester United and Manchester City averaged 611,000 viewers on ESPN -- quite impressive for a Monday afternoon broadcast.
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NWSL crowd puts exclamation point on Portland market
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 22, 7:16 p.m.
If there was any doubt that Portland is the strongest soccer market in the United States, that was put to rest on Sunday afternoon when Thorns FC drew a crowd of 16,479 for its NWSL home opener against Reign FC from up the road in Seattle.
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NWSL lands TV contract for second half of season
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 19, 4:36 p.m.
In what should be one of the last program additions before it goes off the air, FOX Soccer will air nine games in the new National Women's Soccer League -- six regular-season matches and all three playoff matches, the two semifinal games on Aug. 24 and 25 and championship game on Aug. 31.
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BeIN SPORT app nears launch date
Posted by Paul Kennedy, Ridge Mahoney on Apr. 18, 2:06 p.m.
A soccer outlet unknown to U.S. fans a year ago has joined the world of apps.
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NBC Sports pulls out all stops with plans for EPL coverage
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 17, 5:16 p.m.
NBC Sports will provide live coverage of all 380 English Premier League in an ambitious plan to blanket the airwaves with English soccer.
Coverage, which begins Aug. 17, will include 20 games on NBC and 154 on NBC Sports Network.
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Uptick in MLS attendance
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 16, 1:54 a.m.
Support for the Seattle Sounders remains strong despite their 0-3-2 start. They drew a crowd of 38,323 for their 0-0 tie with New England on Saturday night.
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NWSL gets reality check
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 15, 3:35 p.m.
No one said the National Women's Soccer League wouldn't start small. The attendance figures for the first weekend of play in the new women's league were a reality check.
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Two soccer-specific stadiums open Saturday
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 13, 4:10 p.m.
Saturday marks the opening of not one but two soccer-specific stadiums. Neither has more than half the capacity of the smallest MLS soccer-specific stadium, but each is unique in its own right.
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NWSL clubs take first steps
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 12, 3:15 a.m.
Baby steps are first steps for National Women's Soccer League. At least four clubs that have signed jersey sponsorships for the new women's league that kicks off its first season on Saturday.
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Qatar buys its way to the top of Europe
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 10, 7:41 p.m.
No matter the outcome of the Barcelona-Paris St. Germain series on the field, there was one sure winner off the field.
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Saturday's MLS game on NBCSN draws 41,000 viewers
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 9, 7:01 p.m.
Saturday's Colorado-Real Salt Lake game on NBC Sports Network averaged 41,000 viewers, the smallest audience for an MLS game on the network this season and the third smallest audience on the network in its two years of MLS coverage.
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Manchester United on selling spree
Posted by Paul Kennedy on Apr. 8, 3:41 p.m.
How powerful a commercial giant is Manchester United? The English Premier League leader has sold the sponsorship rights to its training uniform -- not its match uniform -- and its training facility -- not its stadium -- in an eight-year deal believed to be in the neighborhood of $30 million a year.
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The hottest ticket in St. Louis
Posted by Paul Kennedy, Ridge Mahoney on Apr. 5, 10:03 p.m.
Cardinal red is the color seen at Busch Stadium in St. Louis when the hometown baseball team plays but the facility will turn blue in May.
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